Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell Church of England Primary School

South Oxfordshire · OX10 0QH

General information Primary School · 5-11 years Who goes here 163 pupils, 11% FSM

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Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell Church of England Primary School

General Information

Address: Greenmere, Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell, Wallingford, OX10 0QH – View on map
Phone: 01491837024
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Ms Sue Potts
Age range: 5-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

163 pupils out of 150 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 18
% eligible for free school meals: 11.0%
Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the South Oxfordshire average)
English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 4.3% a year (South Oxfordshire 18%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

Behaviour

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About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Oxfordshire: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 9 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 18 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Oxfordshire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.1%
Persistently absent pupils: 10.4%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 11.0%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.5%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 3 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Physical disability: 1 pupil
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2022 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 48% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 9% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 19 percentage points below the South Oxfordshire average (67%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 61% against an expected 65%)
3-year average (expected standard): 61%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 91% · Writing 52% · Maths 87% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 96%
Average test scores: reading 111, maths 105
Based on: 23 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolSouth Oxfordshire averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 19 percentage points below the South Oxfordshire average (67%).

Year 6 SATs: 47th of 53 junior and primary schools in the area

=45Ewelme CofE Primary School50%
=45Marsh Baldon CofE Primary School50%
#47Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell Church of England Primary School48%
=48Aston Rowant Church of England Primary School40%
=48Chalgrove Community Primary School40%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Nettlebed Community School100%
=2RAF Benson Community Primary School94%
=2Valley Road School94%
#4Shiplake Church of England School86%
#5Mill Lane Community Primary School83%
#6Goring Church of England Aided Primary School81%
#7Peppard Church of England Primary School80%
#8Aureus Primary School78%
#9John Hampden Primary School77%
#10Wheatley Church of England Primary School76%
=11All Saints Church of England Primary School75%
=11Badgemore Primary School75%
=13Crowmarsh Gifford Church of England School73%
=13Hagbourne Church of England Primary School73%
=13St Laurence Church of England School73%
=16Abbey Woods Academy70%
=16Fir Tree Junior School70%
=16Ladygrove Park Primary School70%
=16Sonning Common Primary School70%
=16Tetsworth Primary School70%
=21South Moreton Primary School69%
=21Stadhampton Primary School69%
=21Willowcroft Community School69%
=24Barley Hill Primary School68%
=24Garsington Church of England Primary School68%
=24Kidmore End Church of England Primary School68%
=27Beckley Church of England Primary School67%
=27Europa School UK67%
=27Horspath Church of England Primary School67%
#30Whitchurch Primary School65%
=31Clifton Hampden Church of England Primary School64%
=31Trinity Church of England Primary School64%
=33Great Milton Church of England Primary School63%
=33Long Wittenham (Church of England) Primary School63%
=33St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Thame63%
=33Watlington Primary School63%
#37Cholsey Primary School61%
#38Lewknor Church of England Primary School60%
#39St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Chinnor58%
#40St John's Primary School57%
=41Northbourne Church of England Primary School56%
=41Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Henley-on-Thames56%
#43Manor Primary School53%
#44Woodcote Primary School52%
=45Ewelme CofE Primary School50%
=45Marsh Baldon CofE Primary School50%
#47Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell Church of England Primary School48%
=48Aston Rowant Church of England Primary School40%
=48Chalgrove Community Primary School40%
#50Dorchester St Birinus Church of England School38%
#51Benson Church of England Primary School34%
#52Stoke Row CofE Primary School33%
#53South Stoke Primary School17%

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6th of 37 primary schools in South Oxfordshire for Ofsted rating

#4Beckley Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#5Benson Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#6Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#7Cholsey Primary SchoolGood
#8Clifton Hampden Church of England Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Aureus Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Abbey Woods AcademyGood
#3Aston Rowant Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#4Beckley Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#5Benson Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#6Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#7Cholsey Primary SchoolGood
#8Clifton Hampden Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#9Crowmarsh Gifford Church of England SchoolGood
#10Ewelme CofE Primary SchoolGood
#11Fir Tree Junior SchoolGood
#12Great Milton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#13John Hampden Primary SchoolGood
#14Kidmore End Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#15Ladygrove Park Primary SchoolGood
#16Lewknor Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#17Little Milton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#18Manor Primary SchoolGood
#19Marsh Baldon CofE Primary SchoolGood
#20Mill Lane Community Primary SchoolGood
#21Nettlebed Community SchoolGood
#22Northbourne Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#23RAF Benson Community Primary SchoolGood
#24Shiplake Church of England SchoolGood
#25Sonning Common Primary SchoolGood
#26St John's Primary SchoolGood
#27St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, ThameGood
#28St Nicholas CofE Primary School , WallingfordGood
#29Stadhampton Primary SchoolGood
#30Stoke Row CofE Primary SchoolGood
#31Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#32Valley Road SchoolGood
#33Whitchurch Primary SchoolGood
#34Willowcroft Community SchoolGood
#35Woodcote Primary SchoolGood
#36Long Wittenham (Church of England) Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#37Tetsworth Primary SchoolRequires improvement

Financials

Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.

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